Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwriting (an essay, prose, etc.); composition · formal writing with little real meaning

Nounwriting; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; (writing) style · sentence

Nounculture; civilization; civilisation · Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

Nounliterature

Noungrammar

Nounsentence · composition; text; writings · the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbstudy; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge · discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verborder (for an item) · request; demand; condition

Nouncomplaint; grumbling; objection · phrase; words; expression

Nounletter (of an alphabet); character · writing

Nouncivilization; civilisation; culture · Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

Nounthesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

Nounletter; note; mail · book; writings · literary arts; learning; scholarship

Nounstone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

Noun(family) crest; coat of arms · pattern; figure · playing card suit (in karuta)

Nountiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing · one letter; one character · one mon (unit of currency)

NounEnglish writing; English sentence; English text · English literature; English lit

NounChinese classical writing; Chinese classics · writing composed entirely of kanji

Nounoriginal text

Nounofficial document; archives

Nounprose

Nounpreface; foreword; introduction

Nountext (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions

Nounthe above sentence; the foregoing remark · preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.) · opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)

Nounwhole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

Nounastronomy

Nounstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware · Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'inscription; epitaph; epigraph

NounFrench; French writing; French literature

Nounhumanities and social sciences; liberal arts · faculty of humanities; school of liberal arts

Nounbunraku; Japanese puppet theatre (theater)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

Nounliterature · the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

Nounliterature; books (reference); document

Nounlibrary; book collection · paperback book

Nounwritten language; literary language · classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

Nounliterary style · form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

Nounliterary world; literary circles

Nounin the sentence; in the text · Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcorrespondence; exchange of letters

Nounliterary art; literary activity; writing

NounMinistry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

Nouncontext (of a passage); line of thought · context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'civilian

Nouncontents of a document (esp. of a letter)

Nounexample sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

Nounlove letter

NounJapanese text; sentence in Japanese

Nounancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature · ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period